Tuesday 8th July

Fran Guard will be conducting a workshop on the Role of Fungi in Restoring Rainforest. It will be held on the 31st of October from 10am to 3pm. Brush Turkey Enterprises 468 Reesville Rd Reesville QLD 4552

Dominated by sandy soils typical of the Great Sandy National Park, the plants and their fungal mycorrhizal partners of Cooloola have had to adapt to these low nutrient soils. The resulting diversity of Boletes, in particular, makes this a global hot spot for fungal diversity. For more details, go to our page about Cooloola National…

The Annual General Meeting. Susie Webster will report on the FUNNZ foray at Glenorchy. Fran Guard will give a short report on the AMS Conference, Queenstown. Patrick Leonard will given an update on the Red List from the AMS Conference. Fran Guard will then report on the Cooloola foray. Dr Tony Young was to be…

This is the Annual General Meeting of the Queensland Mycological Society. Special Guest speaker Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher will be presenting Mates – mycorrhiza and endophytes fungi that plants need.

There will be a report on the Spore Prints and Pics Workshop. Members are asked to bring something of interest, for example a book, or to speak briefly about such things as an interesting web site or a favourite species, etc..

Due to the hot weather and subsequent lack of fungi, this foray has been cancelled. The Citizens of the Lockyer Inc. are working to increase awareness of the rich biodiversity to be found within the Lockyer Valley, to document the flora and fauna of the area and to promote the value of the environment for…